Day 21 September 18, 2025 Glenwood Iowa to Thedford Nebraska 291 miles
This morning is cooler and very cloudy. It stayed cloudy all day and did rain on us a couple of times. Once was rather hard. Luckily we saw it coming and got the side curtains on before the rain hit.
Made a mistake yesterday. Glenwood is in Iowa not Nebraska. It is very close to the border however. Very soon into our travels we crossed a river into Nebraska.
We also forgot to write yesterday that we saw three vultures eating on a road kill. These were smaller than some and not as ugly. Roadkill is pretty common. Lots of raccoons and possums with deer mixed in on occasion.
The terrain again today was farmland and rolling hills. We did see a couple of large feed lots and smelled several others. A large percentage of the semis were cattle trucks.
Only encountered one construction area. The crew was putting down new asphalt. A fairly long line of traffic accumulated on each side. The single line flow of traffic past the construction was about a mile. Will be really nice when finished. Another section further down the road needs to be done. It had a small cut in the asphalt about every ten feet. Sure got tired of the bump bump bump.
We stopped for lunch at a Subway. The sandwich of the day was a chicken bacon ranch which is one of our favorites. Then this Subway had hand dipped ice cream. We each had a small dish. Sure tasted good.
We saw three long trains pulling coal cars. We both agree that the railroad crossings in Nebraska are much smoother than the ones in Kentucky. The ones in Indiana and Illinois weren’t too good either.
We were so engrossed in the audio book we neglected to monitor the fuel level. We ran out of gas about 12 miles from the motel. The wind was really blowing and the traffic was going pretty fast. It would rock the car. No one stopped to check on us. They could probably see Rob pouring in gas from our spare can.
Several people in Thedford were interested in the car. Rob talked to several at the gas station and again at the motel.
The menu for tonight was going to be some of the microwave soup we brought. That is when we discovered that we left the two cans we brought at Shelley’s. The grocery store was already closed. Luckily a restaurant is next door. Rob bought “take out” and we ate supper in our room.
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